Canada. Tomorrow's Giant
by Hutchison Bruce
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
£16.14£8.07
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About This Item
Toronto: Longmans,Green and Co., 1957. October 1957. The author invites his thousands of readers to join him in " A casual, disordered tour across the nation and some of its wilderness", to discover the new Canada. From Newfoundland to British Columbia Hutchison reports the progress of the nation. This is a glowing and vastly entertaining report that will arouse discussion in each of the ten provinces that it analyses. Repleat with 28 illustrations in halftone and six maps. Jacket design by Ismak David. Small white-out mark on ffep. Bright, clean and square. Red boards with gilt to spine. Dust jacket price still intact. Rear panel photo of author by Karsh.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A493
- Title
- Canada. Tomorrow's Giant
- Author
- Hutchison Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans,Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Canadiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana;
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About the Seller
Gilt Edge Books
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About Gilt Edge Books
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- FFEP
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